"If they cannot find jobs, what is the point? You own a degree, but so what? That you can't eat it. If that cannot give you a good life, a good job, it is meaningless,"

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...on-wan-20130505

So to answer your question, degree holder = no class 

Remember cheaper, better, faster ? (pick all 3 not 2  )
http://www.ntuc.org.sg/wps/wcm/connect/173...1b2f75ef3647d50

Degree holder not cheap, better nor faster

Or there might be too many degree holders OR too few jobs going around for them hence the statement.

The safety course? How was it? Taught by who? Quite cheap leh 30 plus hours for 100 plus sgd? Maybe I enroll too I work at site but I never attend hehe.

BCA Academy? Saw it last time. Not compulsory for me but I heard site people talking about it.

Site supervisor too but consultant's side. Maybe rules change and I don't know but no people ask me to go for the safety course so far.

Hi all, I'm headache right now, hope experts here can help me to solve this.
3 months ago, I get a job offer from Singapore(2nd time work in sg, 1st time was about 10 years ago, after that study in kl and working for 8 years)
So I take up the offer(small company, just 4 ppl include boss) and resign(my boss say apply for EP sure no problem) every week I ask my employer what is the status.
At the 3rd weeks, my employer told me the EP rejected(as what he say is bcos the mom drop his email) and he going to do appealing.
So I keep on waiting for the status and every day my employer told me the status is pending(from EP online I only see rejected)
Until last 2 weeks another company come to me for interview, as I also don't know when the result coming out or it will totally no result, I go for the interview.
This morning, the 2nd company offer me
This afternoon, the 1st company told me the EP approved
I don't know what to do, 2nd company offer better and better future, I thinking to taking up the 2nd offer, but the EP is already approve, I don't know whether can reject or not, and will the reject affect the future EP application.

Pls help me

Been working here for a year+.. Means a year I did not touch my car and go back frequently.. Honestly $$ drives me, some of my peers contemplating to return back get married, family all. But I dont care, not family orientated. Perhaps the only thing i miss is driving. Been taking bus to work all while haha.. How do you guys cope with this? Stay emotionally mentally strong, at least for 5-10 years

Tax is not a concern in singapore. It's far more lower than malaysia as resident tax, even non resident tax also lower. As low as 2%.

But for your case, first year can't be resident tax because stay less than 183 days.

http://www.iras.gov.sg/irashome/page04.aspx?id=1190

It's fine as long as TS works more than 183 days. For this year he will be taxed at Non-Res rates but sometime next year once he hits 183 (or 1 year? not too sure exact dates here) he can apply to IRAS to re-assess his this year tax and they will re-calculate it as a resident.

Income tax is payable on income earned in the year before.  You should report your full income earned in Singapore in your tax return. If you are liable to pay Income tax, IRAS will send you a letter inviting you to e-File your tax return.

Example

If you commenced employment in Singapore on 3 May 2013, you will be required to complete the tax return for the Year of Assessment 2014 by 15 Apr 2014, with employment income for the period 3 May 2013 to 31 December 2013.

U still get taxed as non resident at flat rate of 15% of your income on that year. If you continue to work on the following year, then you will be taxed under resident tax. However, deodorant added that you can request to re-assess your previous year tax based on resident tax, but I'm not sure this part. The income tax same with Malaysia where have resident tax and non resident tax, just that you are Malaysian working in Malaysia, so you do not know about non resident tax. If you have any rental for your property and you did not stay in Malaysia more than 183 days, your rental will be taxed as non resident which at 26% (can't remember the exact percent, more or less) flat rate without any tax relief.
You started in sept definitely less than 183 days. So your tax will  be based on non resident which will be flat rate of 15%.

No worry about declaring tax that you've earned from the company, because your company will submit your income tax via auto inclusion scheme (if more than 12 people in the company), or manual via IR8A form (if company did not opt for auto inclusion scheme). You just need to e-File others source of income such as rental or if you have tax relief that wanted to add in (e.g. life insurance, study fee, etc).

Other than that, pretty straight forward and easy compare to Malaysia where you need to submit yourself online.

If you are in Singapore for at least 183 days in a year

Example:
You have stayed or worked in Singapore from 01 Apr 2013 to 03 Oct 2013 (186 days). You will be taxed as a resident for the Year of Assessment 2014.

Year of Assessment Period of Stay (Inclusive of Work) in Singapore Resident Status
2014 01 Apr 2013 to 03 Oct 2013 (186 days) Resident


If you are in Singapore for at least 183 days straddling two years

Under the two-year administrative concession, you will be regarded as a tax resident for the two years if you stay or work in Singapore for a continuous period of at least 183 days. This concession applies to foreign employees (excludes directors of a company, public entertainers or professionals) who have entered Singapore from 01 Jan 2007.

Example:
You have stayed or worked in Singapore from 03 Nov 2012 to 07 May 2013 (186 days). You will be taxed as a resident for Years of Assessment 2013 and 2014.

Year of Assessment Period of Stay (Inclusive of Work) in Singapore Resident Status
2013 03 Nov 2012 to 31 Dec 2012 (59 days) Resident
2014 01 Jan 2013 to 07 May 2013 (127 days) Resident
  Total: 186 days 


If you are in Singapore for three consecutive years

Under the three-year administrative concession, if you stay or work in Singapore continuously for three consecutive years, you will be regarded as a tax resident for all the three years even though the number of days you are in Singapore is less than 183 days in the first and third year.

Example:
You have stayed or worked in Singapore from 03 Nov 2011 to 07 May 2013. You will be taxed as a resident for Years of Assessment 2012 to 2014.

Year of Assessment Period of Stay (Inclusive of Work) in Singapore Resident Status
2012 03 Nov 2011 to 31 Dec 2011 (59 days) Resident
2013 01 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012 (366 days) Resident
2014 01 Jan 2013 to 07 May 2013 (127 days) Resident

Don't worry about the tax as long as you continue to work in Sg. For my experience the tax bill didn't come in the second year when my first year was less than 183days. Only on the third year I received the assessment notice for both first year (<183days) and second year (365days) and everything taxed as per resident  rate. In fact my first year tax was so low because the income just surpassed $20k little bit due to only few months salary. The non resident tax only applied to people who leave Sg before 183days and IRAS will order HR to withhold the last month salary in order to clear the tax balance.

Need to factor in AWS and bonus ma... I'm a low paid engineer 

Lol.. so it sounds like having a my degree is only useful for bangle/low class jobs in sg?

For executives position they do not prefer degree? i see the qualifications are mostly degrees and above..
or does it means chances are very low for those who have a my degree gets an exec job in sg...

*Note : i mean in finance/accounting industry

I do know that they prefer acc graduates with professional titles like CPA/ACCA, but just wondering how about a degree graduate who is applying for exec job in medium tier firms/MNCS? no chances?

Any advices/opinions are appreciated   

Hi hi. Just wanted to ask everyone who's moved there, I already have my IPA and will be going to Singapore this weekend. I'll probably get my EP end of next week, read somewhere that it takes around 4 days after the company HR request for the EP to be issued. When arriving in Singapore what do you put as your length of stay on the white immigration card?

Thanks!

application approved and you are required to present physically for card application?

you should have a letter stating you are allowed to work in Singapore already, use the letter & don't need to fill up white card. I once fill up the white card and the immigration officer kinda question me why still fill up white card. I think they have it in their system.

i put 28 days...js 2 days below max
mostly you'll settle everything within the first 2 weeks...

Hi bearbear, yes application approved and next week will be there to collect the card.

Hmmm ok, well in any case like you said if its in the system then the officer will just tell me when I'm at the counter.

Thanks for the info!

Didn't you already answer your own question? As in ... is there any JPJ in Singapore?

Which bank in Singapore offer the highest interest rate in terms of saving account and fixed deposit account? I'm a Malaysian who is going to work in SG next week. My company HR asked me to open a bank account for salary bank in. Anyone can suggest me? Singapore bank POSB, DBS, OCBC, UOB, or Malaysia bank MAYBANK, CIMB. Which one better? Thanks for helping!

Yes yes, houses and car. near to 2 million, shiver every time my phone ring near due date of installments.
Work in European bank no choice, wanted to buy cherry qq but my boss ask me go apply bank of china already.

anyone took Starmart Bus SG-KL before? how is the service?

Hope you guys can help me out here. Is Accountant in demand in Spore job market ? Thanks.

Demand is there. But salary difference is like heaven and earth. A regional accountant in a well known mnc can command up to sgd8k. While a local chinaman company can go as low as sgd1.8k.

Most professional fields have that kind of trend. Doctors, dentists, lawyers, engineers, accountants all start low. For your engineering field, starting also 2-3k, possible to achieve 8k with say about 6-7 years exp executive engineer before going to managerial position with the license, eh?

If you look only to figures, join the financial sector, no other professions in SG beat that, except MPs I suppose. But banking job satisfaction zero.

Long live father Singapore  . Yeap, seeing applicants with ivy league degree now, not oxbridge or harvard, but the among the front row, NUS also need to step aside, foresee my retrenchment really soon  . Previously those people are coming here as expat relocating from their European palace.

That said, Singapore don't prefer only atas Blue Mountain coffee served in 5 stars hotel with gold plated porcelain ware, some still drink their Starbucks, Nespresso, kopitiam, 3-in-1 etc etc. Just find the compatible buyer and you would have a deal. Even coffee from cat poop also highly sought after  .

wah lidat meh. cham lo i better find job back in msia.. XD

Talking about coffee, was it Papa Rich or some Malaysia kedai kopi in Singapore selling dollar to ringgit for a cup of coffee (SGD10 = RM10)